MURPHY OIL CORP · Oil and gas

MUR

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales.

Going well

Sales up 34% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Buying back shares: share count down 8.5% in 3 years

Watch out for

Revenue down 10.2% from the year before

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions cut 0.7% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (206 bought, 209 sold)
Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$44.24-0.2% that day

Company value: $6.3B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 21.9x; You pay about $22 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 2.1x; Company value is 2.1 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 2.9%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 8%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 20%; Debt as a share of company value

From MUR's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$928.3M+33% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $3.0B, up 7.8% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 6.7% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of MUR. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+8% a yearRecently: +7.8% a yearProfit margin10%Last 12 months: 9.8%P/E at the end22xToday: 21.9x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-3% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$4.4B

Profit in 5 years$442M

Price these guesses point to$78.97+79% vs $44.24 todayAbout +12% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 22x P/E, sales could shrink about 3.8% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/5Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.2.0%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.25x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.3.8%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-8.5% in 3 years

Revenue: $2.7B; -10.2% vs prior year
5-year growth: +6.7%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $1.3B; 0.25x equity
Current ratio: 0.77x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: free cash flow positive, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.